| 1. | NAME OF CD-ROM DATABASE | INDEX TO CHINESE PERIODICAL LITERATURE |
| 2. | DATE OF 1st ISSUE | August, 1993 |
| 3. | ISSUEING AGENCY | National Central Library |
| 4. | DISTRIBUTION | B400, 10F-1, Lane 609, Sec.5, Chung-Hsin Rd. San-Chung City, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC FAX: 008862 999-3431 |
| 5. | FREQUENCY OF UPDATES | semiannualy |
| 6. | TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS | IBM compat., 386 CPU or higher, 350K RAM and 3.5 MB ext. mem (EMS); DOS 5.0 or higher; HD with 23 MB of avail. space; CD-ROM drive compat. with ISO 9660; chinese input/output system ETEN (YITIAN) 3.0 or higher. |
| 7. | NETWORKABLE YES/NO | yes (26 users and more) |
| 8. | CODING OF CHARACTERS | BIG-5 |
| 9. | NUMBER OF CDs | one |
| 10. | PRICE | starting from 2750 USD for a single user licence up to 5950 USD for 26 or more users. Rate is per year (includes two issues). |
| 11. | SHORT DESCRIPTION | Powerful tool to investigate articles printed in over 1400 journals in Taiwan for the years 1981 to 1993. Over 300.000 bibliographical entries. Retrospective conversion for the years 1970 to 1981 is under way. Browsing by subject, authors, keywords etc. Downloading possible. |